Gregory Irwin

Hey! I like this! Thanks Robin! G

OMG! I am crying and can’t breathe!!! ?

I’ll hire ya Robin!!! I can offer you a damp cold warehouse in Atlanta! G

I don’t recognize that part. I wonder if it belongs to a greater end. Try using pipe clamps from a hardware store to attach the MF. That’s how we did it in the old days! G

Congratulations Jarin! Sorry we missed each other last night!

It’s the rear element of the 35mm lens that wasn’t designed to cover large sensors. The real question is where your frame lines are and is the vignette outside of those? The vignette will change as you zoom due to the zoom curve. G

And it continues! Congratulations to my dear friend and work partner for the past 12 years, Geoff Haley, SOC for receiving the Society of Camera Opererators Best Achievement in Camera Operating (feature film) for his work on JOKER. So well deserved for the unique qualities he brings to the set. The gala was held last night in Hollywood. Now it’s onto the ASC Awards and then on to to Oscars! I’m so humbled. G

How do I delete this post? G

I thought you were in Hawaii! ??‍♂️

You know, I just realized that it’s also the same story as Apocalypse Now, only on foot with a different message being delivered in a different war. G

I will say that I immensely enjoyed 1917. I was emotionally exhausted at its end. Having said this, I feel like I’ve already seen the continuous shot gimmick on BIRDMAN. Nothing new here. Not best picture in my opinion because it wasn’t fresh enough but what a story!

I believe that is something that should be done at Panavision. G

Congratulations Jarin! Will you be at the ASC Awards? If so, I’d like to shake your hand. G

1917 is a wonderful achievement but it’s not Best Picture. The Irishman is a much better choice for the overall filmmaking in my opinion. 1917 will probably win though. G

Interesting enough, this is a famous, historic photo of a 1st AC! ?

Actually Richard, yes. I’ve worked for the Hollywood studios all over the world and have always been under the IA contract with US based payroll. Numerous times in Canada alone and including Russia. G

I want to wish my good friend and colleague, Larry Sher, for his ASC nomination for JOKER. I’m very proud of him and the company he shares with the other nominees including Roger, Rodrigo, Phedon and Bob. Good luck my friend!!! G

Thank you Tom for recognizing our contribution to the filmmaking process! An excerpt from his Golden Globes acceptance speech: “And this is a thing that happens with actors at some point on a movie. A movie is made shot by shot, everybody knows that. Lina Wertmüller knows it, Marty Scorsese knows it, Jackie Chan knows that a movie is made shot by shot, and at that moment, what is required is everybody has to do their job to their perfection... Sometimes, it's the focus puller that if this isn't sharp, you don't have it, and it shows up, and you have to do it all over again. But it's those moments as an actor where everybody I have ever worked with has helped me get to that place.” I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Hanks on THE GREEN MILE and he was a true pleasure. G

I love ya Richard but you’re comments continuously prove the case for having a union. G

I guess he’s got his and forget about all of the people who helped get him there. G

I’d love to read that version! The irony is of course, all of the major producers in our biz ARE union. They all belong to the DGA. ?

No offense taken mate! Happy New Year! G

What my camera guild offers me: 1. a contract that levels the playing field between employees and employers that creates respect between the two. 2. the opportunity to work with the world’s top people on the top productions. 3. training programs to ensure that I will always work with the top crews who are always educated on new technology and on the business side of the camera. 4. health care and pension plans paid for by my employers that will continue with me for life and then will continue for my wife if she survives me. 5. Pay scales that allow me and my family to live a very comfortable life the way we wish to. 6. Invested financial retirement plans that are contributed to by my employers on my behalf and will cash out to me upon my retirement. There is more to list that contributes to making me and my family feel secure in a freelance business that can be very insecure. With every hour I work, I build equity in myself. That’s what my union offers me and many other members. G

My wife and I just watched this wonderful story of profound history. Most was enjoyable. Excellent casting, enthralling script and outstanding performances. What we could not get behind was the cinematography. For an elegant and surprisingly lighthearted story, the photography was jarring and Paparazzi-like. The style was inconsistent during individual sequences and extremely distracting. It was not befitting to the story. So disappointing. But having said this (with the knowledge of coming criticism and skepticism), we truly enjoyed the picture. G

Ah! I see it now. Frank is exactly right. All you need is a longer tie down screw that you can get at any hardware store. G